Internet Search
- Brain Pop Jr. http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/
- This website has tons of educational lessons, videos and games for all subject areas, including social studies. Many of the activities are accessible without a subscription. Most activities do require the ability to read, but they could still be implemented into a classroom lesson and be facilitated by the teacher.
- Example-“Search and Spot: Wants and Needs”
- This website has tons of educational lessons, videos and games for all subject areas, including social studies. Many of the activities are accessible without a subscription. Most activities do require the ability to read, but they could still be implemented into a classroom lesson and be facilitated by the teacher.
- Education.com http://www.education.com/activity/kindergarten/social-studies/
- This site provides great ideas and activities for learning. Resources can be filtered by grade level and/or subject. For example, the search results for KindergartenàSocial StudiesàCommunity Culture include: “Practice Eating Sunomono with Kid-Friendly Chopsticks,” “Make a Chinese Dragon for the New Year,” and “Cartography for Kids.” The site is a great resource for parents as well as teachers.
- Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/
- Scholastic.com offers lesson plans, web and whiteboard student activities, as well as a search engine for thousands of books. Results can be filtered by grade level and/or topic, etc.